It might seem strange to hear a low-volatility equity manager say it's a bad time for low-volatility stocks—but that's exactly what we heard over lunch with managers from Swiss-based Unigestion, which recently opened a new Toronto office to serve its Canadian institutional clients.
Northleaf Capital Partners' private equity secondaries fund, Northleaf Secondary Partners, has raised $255 million.
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Despite women accounting for a greater proportion of senior private equity professionals at institutional investors than at private equity firms, women are still underrepresented in the industry.
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board has agreed to sell Air Distribution Technologies to Johnson Controls for US$1.6 billion ($1.76 billion).
The Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) and Onex have agreed to sell Gates Corporation to private equity funds affiliated with Blackstone for US$5.4 billion ($5.9 billion).
The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec, along with Sweden's EQT Mid Market fund and Government of Singapore Investment Corporation, has agreed to acquire the Australia-based company I-Med for an undisclosed amount.
Private equity co-investments are becoming increasingly significant, according to a Preqin survey.
Unigestion has developed a new framework to assess risk in private equity.
OMERS Private Equity, the private equity investment arm of OMERS, has completed the previously announced sale of Maxxam Analytics International Corp. to France-based public company Bureau Veritas for $650 million.